In order to support students who are joining Mount St Mary’s who need intervention to improve their levels of literacy and numeracy, the following is spend using the catch-up premium.

• ​Learning Support Assistants who are trained teachers in English specialising in supporting in literacy and numeracy.
• Designated Learning Support Assistants in English and Maths supporting lower achieving students.
• Literacy Assessments (online) – initial identification and then subsequent evaluation of progress.
• Dyslexia Screening (online) – early identification of the cause of literacy difficulties.
• CAT tests to aid identification of literacy and numeracy difficulties and used to set classes.
• 250 minutes of literacy intervention per fortnight (small class sizes and LSA support) for targeted students.
• Increase LSA support in Year 7. At least 1 LSA per class for lowest literacy and numeracy sets.
• Smaller tutor groups with a 9 form entry in Year 7.
• Reading Eggs online literacy programme for targeted students.
• Accelerated Reader for all of Year 7.
• Setting based on literacy with lowest 2 sets having smaller class sizes for targeted intervention.
• Sound training for students later on in Year 7 to support decoding of words and enhance reading ages.
• Students have access to tablets which have been purchased by the SEND department to support online interventions.
• Students have access to laptops which have been recently purchased.
• Use of online Maths intervention programmes to further enhance numeracy development.
• Purchase of Accelerated Reader books for the lower ability students.
• Tutor time intervention run by LSAs focusing on literacy and handwriting.
• Dyslexia training for the SEND team to look at improving provision and interventions.
• CPD time focused on improving literacy.
• CPD time focused on improving Quality First Teaching for all students.